"Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error."

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Source : James Harvey Robinson (1939). “The Mind in the Making”

James Harvey Robinson

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“The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now and for particular individuals. Absolute truth is imaginary, abstract, vague, without evidence, and cannot be demonstrated.”
“Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.”
“The classical writers... playwrights, Jacobean, Elizabethan playwrights, all showed areas of all classes and how they live and painted them pretty authentically.”
“Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.”
“In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.”
“Perspective is a ghastly mistake which it has taken four centuries to redress.”

Source : Karen Wilkin, Georges Braque (1991). “Georges Braque”
“Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart More often than declared in speech.”
“If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.”

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